Carlisle are the latest team to throw their hat in the ring in the battle to court Grant Holt; whilst on paper that would be a silly move for him – given that he’s already turned down Bristol City, and has stated his desire to stay at Forest and fight for his place, there’s likely to be a pull for him as Carlisle is his home town. Whilst currently settled in Nottingham with his missus and a child on the way, wider family being close by particularly with a new young ‘un around will undoubtedly prove tempting.
How much first team action Grant gets between now and January I think will prove pivotal to this; presumably Carlisle – whose manager, Neil McDonald, has already confirmed is in the market for a striker in January – will be aware that we accepted a bid of around £300k for Holt, and if opinions at the City Ground haven’t changed, would accept similar from the northerners for our top scorer.
Carlisle United’s captain, Kevin Gray, has even commented to the press that he’d love to see Holt join them in January, so I can see a bid definitely coming in – I really hope that whatever issues lead to a transfer bid being accepted in the first place have been resolved by January, as I’ve not really been convinced by either Holt or Smoulderwood’s subsequent comments to the press about it – but I don’t want to see Holt leave, I think he’s a valuable asset and is a different kind of striker to the others we have in the squad.
It’s probably all just rumour and conjecture, but I can’t help but think that Grant wouldn’t dismiss a move back to his hometown as quickly as he did a move to almost-Wales a few weeks back.
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I wonder if Scunny want him in swap with old sharpe or Keogh?
Much as I like Grant, I imagine they’d want some cash too!